At one point, we were going through 10,000 crickets per week. It was a nightmare - so we switched to roaches. Our critters get crix as a treat now and we only use maybe 1-2000 per month (of course we have fewer chams tho).



We have chams; beardies; skinks; geckos and frogs. They all love bugs - so we have 4 species of roaches. In the beginning - it was hissers, lobsters and orangeheads. We got rid of the orangeheads and tried discoids. Then we tried blatta lateralis. Those fast boys stilulate the chams for sure! We got rid of the discoids and got dubia - lots better! Now we are considering getting rid of the lobsters and hissers.



In the end, it will most likely be dubia and lateralis. They are non-glass-climbers and softer shelled. The roach sizes are good for our newborn day geckos up to the dragons and melleri chameleons - no problem!



Upside: no noise or smell, they multiply with ease.

Downside: they live longer and care must be taken about containment.



By the way - we are one of the few roach vendors that offers a variety sample pack.

P.S. Monitors love hissers - maybe it's the crunch!



Try roaches - you won't regret it.

~Morgana

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